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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/021 (2013.01); H04N 1/4052 (2013.01); H04N 1/6027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A distribution portion that distributes an error based on quantization of a gradation value corresponding to the one pixel, to a first pixel located in a first direction of the one pixel at a first distribution rate, to a second pixel located in a second direction of the one pixel at a second distribution rate, and to a third pixel located in a third direction of the one pixel at a third distribution rate, the second direction is a direction that intersects the first direction, and the third direction is a direction different from an extension direction of a plane defined by the first direction and the second direction.